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News outlets urge a judge to sanction OpenAI in a high-stakes AI copyright fight

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The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a legal fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry.

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  1. WHEC Rochester

    News outlets urge a judge to sanction OpenAI in a high-stakes AI copyright fight (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a legal fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry.

  2. Variety

    New York Times and Other News Outlets Accuse OpenAI of Lying in Discovery, Demand Legal Sanctions Against AI Giant (opens Variety)

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    The New York Times and several news outlets on Thursday filed a motion for sanctions against OpenAI, accusing the company of concealing its ability to search the training datasets and output logs for its models for more than two years as they sought company documents.

  3. Toledo Blade

    News outlets urge sanctioning OpenAI in AI copyright fight (opens Toledo Blade)

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    NEW YORK — The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry.

  4. UPI

    News organizations call for legal sanctions against OpenAI (opens UPI)

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    More than a dozen news organizations asked a court to sanction OpenAI for withholding evidence in lawsuits over alleged copyright infringement.

  5. Al Jazeera

    NYT-led group asks court to sanction OpenAI in US copyright dispute (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The news firms allege ChatGPT maker is hiding evidence important to what could be landmark copyright infringement trial.

  6. The Hill

    News outlets ask court to sanction OpenAI in copyright case (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Several news outlets, including The New York Times, asked a judge Thursday to sanction OpenAI for allegedly withholding evidence in a copyright dispute with the ChatGPT maker. The newspapers, which have accused the AI firm of improperly using their copyrighted work to train its models, argue that Op…

  7. CNET

    Publishers Accuse OpenAI of Withholding Evidence in Copyright Lawsuits (opens CNET)

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    In a new motion, the New York Times, Ziff Davis and 15 other media organizations say OpenAI "chose obstruction" on details about how it trains its AI models.

  8. Omaha World-Herald

    Newspapers ask court to sanction OpenAI (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    A group of newspapers including the New York Times and New York Daily News asked a federal court in Manhattan on Thursday to sanction OpenAI in their high-stakes copyright dispute for allegedly lying to the court about its ability to…

  9. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    News outlets ask judge to sanction OpenAI (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    NEW YORK -- The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry.

  10. Philadelphia Inquirer

    New York Times and other publishers ask court to penalize OpenAI (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The media organizations said in a federal court filing the artificial-intelligence start-up was withholding evidence in lawsuits the companies filed against OpenAI.

  11. Quartz

    The New York Times and other news outlets are asking a judge to sanction OpenAI for allegedly hiding evidence (opens Quartz)

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    A group of 17 media organizations filed a motion Thursday accusing OpenAI of lying to the court about its ability to search its systems for evidence

  12. Fast Company

    The New York Times is escalating its fight with OpenAI, urging a judge to impose sanctions (opens Fast Company)

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    The New York Times , the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI , escalating a fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry .

  13. The Brunswick News

    Newspaper groups seek ‘serious sanctions’ against OpenAI as deception alleged in copyright lawsuit (opens The Brunswick News)

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    The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune and other media outlets are asking for “serious sanctions” against OpenAI, saying the company destroyed evidence and intentionally hid its ability to locate stolen news stories in training…

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